Listing Supporting Points

Worksheet Description

This paraphrasing worksheet is designed to engage students with a text by breaking down the process of understanding and restating its content. Students begin by identifying the main idea of the passage, which is crucial to grasping the overall message. Next, they list the author’s main supporting points, which requires them to extract key elements that back up the main idea. Finally, they are tasked with paraphrasing the passage, which involves rewriting the text in their own words, demonstrating comprehension and synthesis of the information provided.

The worksheet is intended to teach students essential reading comprehension and writing skills. By identifying the main idea, they practice summarizing the central theme or argument of a text. Listing the supporting points teaches them to recognize and articulate the structure of an argument or narrative. The paraphrasing task then challenges them to express the same ideas in a new form, a skill that is vital for effective communication, avoiding plagiarism, and demonstrating understanding in academic settings. Through this exercise, students learn to process and convey information clearly and accurately.